mirtle.blogspot.com - 4/24/2008
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I'll take a 6-2 record in Round 1, especially given I gambled big on the underdog Flames to take out the Sharks. And the Ducks have mussed up the bracket big time.
No matter — onward and upward.
(1) Montreal v. (6) Philadelphia
Series key: Flyers blueline
The Flyers were shorthanded a total of 36 times in the first round, second to only the hapless Ducks, and are going to have to be a whole lot
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Wings-Avs series preview-a-palooza
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... be allowed to tell the tale here. Colorado will win if -- It gets superior goaltending from Jose Theodore. Nashville's Dan Ellis put a healthy scare into the Wings in the first round by standing on his head and stealing back-to-back games. Theodore is a better - and more experienced - goalie than Ellis. He stole the last two games in the first round against Minnesota and is playing his best hockey in years. The Globe and Mail's James Mirtle goes in-depth on his own website's preview: April 23, James Mirtle : (1) Detroit v. (6) Colorado Series key : The Foote-Sauer shutdown ...
Round 2 Series Preview: 1 Detroit vs. 6 Colorado
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... and more.
Although the rivalry is nothing it used to be, you can bet that emotions will run high. With both teams bringing back relics from the past, old memories will be stirred and bad blood will come to the surface pretty quickly.
Both teams go into this round knowing that they won’t have it easy and that they’ll have to come out firing on all cylinders. That should make for a great, tight series.
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James Mirtle: Round 2 picks
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